“Any effort to weaken the Endangered Species Act is of grave concern. Its effectiveness is proven - 99 percent of species listed on it have avoided extinction. The steps proposed today by the Administration, including removing the Blanket Section 4(d) Rule, would weaken important protections for threatened and endangered species and put our planet’s imperiled wildlife further at risk. By keeping these precautionary measures under the ESA intact, we can ensure the survival of America’s remarkable wildlife while also doing our part to stem the sweeping loss of biodiversity we are seeing globally.”